Monday, 29 February 2016

I put these photographs i took in Costa Rica into draft when I arrived back from that trip over a week ago but did not write it up at the time. Then my laptop stopped and I STiILL have not got it back! However I do have the words for Photo Scavenger Hunt in this order and hopefully you can work them out. Green, 2, Cool,Somewhere you went, Up, Frame, From a low angle, On the shelf, Writing, Inside, Line and Shape. I am linking with Photo Scavenger Hunt and Through My Lens.Thanks for your visit and all your comments.

The bird above is the Orange - chinned Parakeet and below are the Blue- gray Tanager.

Saturday, 27 February 2016

As my laptop is still out of action I discovered this post that I made last November in draft when I visited Bangor Walled Garden, County Down,
Northern Ireland and was there to photograph the flowers and vegetables. However, I could not resist photographing these four dogs and their owners were very
helpful in assisting me. Let the dogs speak!

Yes
I have been playing in the mud and loving it!

You
want a side view?

Now
this is my buddy, he lives with me, well I suppose I really live with him as he
is much older than me.

I
have a pink lead because I am a girl, buddy has a more masculine blue one.

Oh
I see another dog over there, wonder can I go and play with him?

Is
this photo session ever going to end, I wonder?

Now
if I roll on the grass enough and get all this dirt off, I might not have to
have a bath!

Watch
and learn Pup, this is how to make a good pose.

What's that lady? Ah you are going for coffee. Well two of my other friends are over there. See you around!

Ok,
I know I’m cute, everyone loves me.

See, I have the wet nose just so you tell I am healthy.

I'm
a bit spoiled, Mama allows me to sit on her knee but I’m not complaining.

Now
I know I am not allowed on the table but I cannot see you photographing my friend from my Mama's knee!

You
want to take my photograph?

No
one ever does when my cute friend is around.

I'd be honoured.

I
will lie down so you get me all in.

Two
head shots lady and then we have to go but I appreciated my photo being taken. See you next time in the gardens.

Friday, 26 February 2016

If
you saw yesterday’s post you will realise that this was the car my friends and
I were in when we had to stop to let Elephants cross the road just before we
entered Kruger National Park. I have added the video at the end of this post in case you missed
it yesterday.

Thursday, 25 February 2016

You
cannot imagine how excited my friends and I were as we approached Kruger
National Park when we saw a herd of Elephants crossing the road in front of
us. I have a video at the end of this post to show
you this.

Wednesday, 24 February 2016

These are Elephants we came across just before entering Kruger National Park. My laptop has decided not to work and I am hoping that can be rectified ASAP, for if not, after Friday posts may be suspended for a while! Thanks for your visit and all your comments.

Tuesday, 23 February 2016

This
is a bird I photographed when my friends and I stopped for a picnic before reaching
Kruger National Park, South Africa. It is a Common Fiscal.

Common
Fiscal

21–23
cm

A
common black-and-white shrike of open country; often goes by the local name of
‘jackie hangman' from its habit of catching prey on thorn ‘larders'. Resembles Fiscal Flycatcher, but
tail is longer and is white-edged (not white in panels); bill heavier and
stance more squat. In most races, female has chestnut flanks. Juv. is greyish
brown, with fine dark bars on its head, back and flanks.

Voice:
Harsh, grating call ‘dwrrr-wrrrr'; song is melodious and jumbled, often with
harsher notes and mimicry of other birds.

Common
resident in most open habitats, including parks and gardens. Solitary or in
pairs, in permanent territories; often hunts from

Monday, 22 February 2016

I am back from sunny Costa Rica and having travelled
more than 24 hours although not without incident, I arrived in Dublin very exhausted,
missing my bus to Belfast by 30 seconds!
The next bus which should have arrived in 1 hour didn’t arrive for an
hour and a half and I was half frozen in temperatures of 2 degrees C. Once on the bus, I fell asleep and woke up
the find this snow scene as I crossed into Northern Ireland. I was truly back to the COLD.

The rest of the shots below are from my trip to Kruger National Park in 2014. My laptop is broken and I cannot change my mistake on on IPad. The geese are Egyptian, NOT Japonese.

This is a Red- billed Oxpecker who as a HELPER to the antelope gets rid of any parasites from
its skin.

Now we do not use the word SILLIES in the UK and so I looked
it up on Google and this is what it said - No Definition of 'sillies' found -
It's still good as a Scrabble word though!

I thought this photograph of the 2 Japanese Geese were
2 SILLIES to walk so close to this Crocodile.

This is a photograph of my nursing friend Marie and myself
when I STAGED the shot one morning early as the dawn broke in Kruger National Park.

A wonderful reminder of a fantastic holiday with 2 special friends.

This is a scene my friends and I overlooked in Kruger National Park as we
watched animals and birds come down to the water to drink and bathe.

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I have retired from a medical background, as well as teaching a 3 year City and Guilds; and also running a Bed and Breakfast. I have taken up bird watching later in life however I became very enthusiastic from the beginning and was greatly encouraged by other bird watchers. For the past 9 years I have led a bird group in my town and have become a guest speaker on cruise ships talking about Birds around the world. I have travelled quite a bit, in particular to Australia where one of my daughters lives. I have now as many birding friends there as at home in Northern Ireland. I love Nature and being able to share that with others of like mind. I also like photography and do my best to photograph birds although I seem to be also very eclectic in what I photograph and blog these days.
I live in Northern Ireland which is part of the UK and it is a beautiful place to live however I love travelling to see places and birds that I have never seen before.